Springfield Cross Country 1963
Coach Vern Cox
Coach Frank McGrath
Captain Sherman Parker '65
juniors Bill Bliss, Jim Bullock, Gordie Calkins
senior Pete Petty
Freshmen Coach Jay Flanagan
28 Sep @Rhode Island
5 Oct Coast Guard
9 Oct Holy Cross
12 Oct Williams & MIT
15 Oct @Connecticut
18 Oct @Providence & BU
23 Oct RPI
2 Nov @Wesleyan
6 Nov Massachusetts
11 Nov New Englands @Boston
28 September 1963, Springfield 22, Rhode Island 33 @Kingston
=1 Don Putnam & Rich Wells Sp
3 Bill Masuck RI
4 Sherm Parker Sp
5 Corky Calkins Sp
10 Stan Dutton Sp
Coach Vern Cox left for Hawaii on 3 October to be Coordinator of Technical Studenies for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation for the Peace Corp's Indonesian Project #2 to be held at the University of Hawaii.
5 October 1963, Springfield 23, Coast Guard 34 @Springfield, 4.5 miles
1 Gordy Calkins Sp 24:26
2 Rich Wells Sp
3 Don Putnam Sp
5 Sherm Parker Sp
20th straight win over three years
Springfield Freshmen 15, Coast Guard 43
1 Stu Tweed Sp 17:36
2 Ross Nichols Sp
3 Rich Manson Sp
4 Geoff Mann Sp
5 Rich Knight Sp
also Randy Stout
9 October 1963, Springfield 19, Holy Cross 36 @Springfield
1 Gordy Calkins Sp 24:05
2 Rich Wells Sp
3 Don Putnam Sp
5 Sherm Parker Sp
8 Pete McMullen Sp
Springfield Freshmen 20, Holy Cross 37
Tweed Sp
Knight Sp
Manson Sp
Mann Sp
Stout Sp
12 October 1963, Springfield 22, MIT 36, Williams 71 @Springfield, 4.5 miles
1 Sumner Brown So MIT 24:09
2 Sp 24:36
3 Sp
4 Sp
5 Roger Butler Jr MIT 26:06
6 Sp
7 Sp
9 Rob Wesson So MIT 26:18.5
10 Bill Purves Jr MIT 26:18.5
11 Dick McMillin Jr MIT 26:40.5
Freshmen
Springfield 33, MIT 35, Williams 56
1 Steve Orr W 17:02
15 October 1963, Springfield def Connecticut @Storrs
Springfield Freshmen def Connecticut
18 October 1963, Providence 23, Springfield 42, Boston U 71 @Providence, 3.6 miles
1 Brown Pr 16:48
Rich Wells Sp
also Calkins, Putnam, Parker, Dutton
Springfield winning streak ended at 24.
19 October 1963, Mt Herman def Springfield Freshmen
Freshmen now 5-1
23 October 1963, Springfield 20, RPI 35 @Springfield, 4.5 miles
=1 Gordon Calkins, Sherm Parker, Don Putnam, Rich Wells Sp 24:56
5 Charlie Hoover RPI 25:59
6 Jim Langdon RPI 26:09
7 Barry Stepp RPI 26:10
8 John Lahr RPI 26:28
9 Bill Coelho So RPI 26:33
10 Stan Dutton Sp 26:39
Springfield 7-1, RPI 6-3
Springfield Freshmen 17, RPI 39, 3.1 miles
1 Rich Knight Sp 17:06.5
2 Rich Manson Sp 17:08
3 Stew Tweed Sp 17:18.5
4 Mike Bell RPI 17:26
5 Ross Nichol Sp 17:41
Springfield 6-1, RPI 5-1
2 November 1963, Springfield 26, Wesleyan 29 @Middletown, 4.25 miles
1 Tim Blauvelt Ws 21:46
3 Sherm Parker Sp 22:11
=4 Rich Wells & Gordy Calkins Sp 22:14
6 Don Putnam Sp
8 Pete McMullen Sp
Springfield Freshmen 26, Wesleyan 28, 2.8 miles
1 Jeff Galloway Ws 13:59
3 Knight Sp
4 Manson Sp
5 Tweed Sp
6 Nichol Sp
8 Stout Sp
6 November 1963, Massachusetts 27 1/2, Springfield 28 1/2 @Springfield
rain-soaked course
1 Bob Brouillet Ma 23:04 cr (old mark 23:30 by Terry Merritt, Sp)
2 Rich Wells Sp 24:05
3 Don Putnam Sp
=4 Gene Colburn Ma
=4 Gordy Calkins Sp
6 Tom Panke Ma
7 Bob Molvar Ma
8 Pete McMullen Sp
9 Bob Ramsay Ma
10 Bob Larson Ma
11 Sherm Parker Sp
Springfield finished 9-2.
Springfield Freshmen 18, Massachusetts 40
Sp: Knight, Nichol, Tweed, Mann, Manson
Freshmen finish 8-1.
11 November 1963, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4.2 miles
muddy, rain-soaked
Brown 42, Maine 107, Providence 115, New Hampshire 126, Massachusetts 141, Springfield 175, Central Connecticut 182, 17 teams
1 Jim Keefe Sr CCt 20:24
2 Bob Brouillet Ma 20:37
3 Ray Crothers CCt 20:43
4 Dave Farley B 20:57
5 Bob Rothenberg B
10 Sumner Brown So MIT